Hypnotic and tranquillizer use among general practitioners in south-eastern France and its relation to occupational characteristics and prescribing habits

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-385

  Verger, Pierre ^a,b   Aulagnier, Marielle ^b   Protopopescu, Camélia ^a,b   Villani, Patrick ^a,c   Gourrheux, Jean Claude ^d   Bouvenot, Gilles ^a,c   Paraponaris, Alain ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Southeastern France Reg Ctr D   (France)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Southeastern France Reg Union P   (France)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Hypnotic use; Job satisfaction; Tranquillizer prescriptions; Tranquillizer use; Workload

Indexed keywords

HYPNOTIC AGENT; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OCCUPATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 2942541128     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2004.00225.x     Document Type: Review

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